'Perdóneme que se lo diga, pero vuelve usted a faltar a la verdad, señor Gonzalez': Form and function of politic verbal behaviour in face-to-face Spanish political debates

Discourse and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 395-423

  Blas Arroyo, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Face to face electoral debate; Mitigation; Politeness; Political discourse; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 30244448914     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926503014004001     Document Type: Review

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